No visa needed

Do citizens of the Gambia need a visa for Bangladesh?

Citizens of the Gambia don’t need a visa for Bangladesh and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of the Gambia: the passport opens 43 countries visa-free; Banjul — Dhaka: ≈ 11,070 km, about 14.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Bangladesh without a visa on a Gambia passport?

Yes, citizens of the Gambia don’t need a visa for Bangladesh for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Bangladesh visa rules at a glance

With a Gambia passport you can visit 43 countries visa-free, 20 with a visa on arrival and 42 with an e-visa; 93 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Gambia passport ranks 111th of 199.
Gambia passport: visa-free access to 43 countries; Bangladesh passport: 16.
Citizens of the Gambia and Bangladesh can travel together visa-free to 14 countries, for example: Barbados, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, Rwanda, Haiti, Jamaica, Bahamas, Seychelles, Micronesia, Kiribati, Fiji, and Vanuatu.
Citizens of Bangladesh, in turn, don’t need a visa for the Gambia. Gambia visa for citizens of Bangladesh

Travelling to Bangladesh: good to know

Banjul — Dhaka: about 11,070 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 14.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: +6 hours.
Local time: Banjul 12:00 — Dhaka 18:00.
Local currency: Bangladeshi Taka.
Languages: Bangla.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ BDT 123.
Bangladesh is the 165th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of the Gambia.